Andrei Crăciun Emerging writer from Romania

‘It goes without saying, right? Lots of good writers started off as journalists. Márquez, Hemingway, name a writer from the history of literature and it was probably a journalist.'

Andrei Crăciun (1983) is an awarded Romanian journalist. He is also an essayist, a novelist (The Sunrise Street, Polirom, 2017) and a poet (Poems for an unknown girl, Herg Benet, 2015 and All The Poetry of The World, Hyperliteratura, 2017). He also writes short stories (The Blue Hat and other stories, Herg Benet, 2015 and Bearable, Herg Benet, 2017). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences (University of Bucharest) and a Master’s degree in Jewish Culture.

For Andrei Crăciun, his journalistic and literary work are inextricably linked. ‘It goes without saying, right? Lots of good writers started off as journalists. Márquez, Hemingway, name a writer from the history of literature and it was probably a journalist. That’s no coincidence. A journalist sees human nature from up close. The profession gives you the chance to meet people from different cultures, from diverse backgrounds. You talk to them, they respond to you. They tell you a story, and you then turn that into literature. I’ve been working as a journalist for nearly fifteen years now, and I’ve visited almost a hundred countries. From Africa to China, all over the world it’s true that it’s better to live in a city than in a village. I’m an urban man. I’ve only seen cows on television.’